123 Chapter 121 Intermediate Mage Title (1/2)

(OH, FOR THE LOVE OF…)

'Umm, system? What was that?' thought Joseph, waking up out of a deep sleep.

(SORRY WRONG CHANNEL.)

'Ok, but what was that?' He was awake now; the system didn't do this.

(SOME IDIOT IN ANOTHER REALM JUST SAVED UP AND TURNED IN 50 POINTS TO STEAL PANTIES FROM UP TO 30 FEET AWAY.)

'That's worth 50 points? Wait, how is that even an option?'

(HIS GOAL WAS TO BE THE GREATEST THIEF IN THE WORLD. THIS IS WHAT I HATE ABOUT HIGH SCHOOLERS.)

'So, why was it 50 points?'

(BECAUSE IT'S STUPID SO I OVERCHARGED HIM HOPING HE WOULD RECONSIDER. HE THINKS IT WAS A BARGAIN. HE COULD HAVE GOTTEN AN INVENTORY BAG LARGE ENOUGH TO STORE A TRAIN CAR FOR THAT MANY POINTS.)

'I'm sorry. I guess I hadn't considered you had your own circ.u.mstances.'

(YEAH, YOUR DAD WAS ABOVE NORMAL, BUT CONSIDERING HIS GIFTER WAS A TROLL, HE HAS DONE EXTREMELY WELL. YOU AND STELLA ARE FANTASTIC.)

'Thanks system.'

(OH, NOW WHAT? LISTEN CALL ME IF YOU NEED ME JOSEPH, I HAVE TO GO DEAL WITH THIS GUY WHO WANTS A MISSION TO LEARN THE LEAPING TIGER FLYING DRAGON KICK PALM STRIKE.)

Joseph shook his head. That was a ridiculous name. Rolling over, he went back to sleep.

x.x.xxX

(PROTECTION RUNE HAS REACHED INTERMEDIATE RANK.)

(ALL CONDITIONS HAVE BEEN MET TO RECEIVE THE INTERMEDIATE MAGE t.i.tLE.)

(CHOOSE DISTANCE OR a.n.a.lYZE.)

'What's the difference?' asked Joseph, twirling his ink pen in his fingers.

(DISTANCE ALLOWS MAGIC TO BE DETECTED UP TO 20 FEET AWAY, INSTEAD OF 3 FEET. a.n.a.lYZE ALLOWS INSTANT UNDERSTANDING OF TYPE OF MAGIC AND WHAT RUNE IT USES IF THAT RUNE IS KNOWN.)

'a.n.a.lyze then. I can normally see magic so understanding it faster seems more helpful.'

(YOU HAVE BEEN GRANTED THE INTERMEDIATE MAGE t.i.tLE.)

(SPECIALTY CHOSEN IS a.n.a.lYSIS.)

'Display requirements for next t.i.tle.'

(ADVANCED MAGE: 2 OF 4 REQUIREMENTS MET.)

(YOU POSSESS THE INTERMEDIATE MAGE t.i.tLE. YOU MUST POSSESS INTERMEDIATE THAUMATOLOGY, WHICH YOU HAVE IT AT ADVANCED. YOU DO NOT POSSESS ONE ADVANCED RUNE. YOU MUST KNOW AT LEAST THREE MODIFIED RUNES FOR EACH RUNE KNOWN.)

'Wait. That last one. Do you mean that if I learned fifteen spells for five runes, three of those runes at intermediate, and then one of those to advanced, I would become an Advanced mage? But I learned twenty runes, so I need to learn at least 3 spells from each, which is 60 spells?'

(YES.)

'That seems…'

(LOOK, YOU WERE INTENDING TO LEARN AT LEAST 3 SPELLS FROM EACH RUNE ANYWAY.)

'Well, yes.'

(THEN LOOK AT IT AS A BONUS.)

'Ok. Does every mage who gets to that level get that ability?'

(EVERY MAGE WHO REACHES THAT LEVEL, WILL GET SOME OF THE ABILITY, YES. I MAKE SURE YOU GET THE HIGHEST GRADE OF REWARD FOR NORMAL THINGS LIKE THIS THOUGH. ALSO, BECOMING AN ADVANCED MAGE WITH 5 RUNES, INSTEAD OF 20, IS NOT NEARLY AS POWERFUL LATER ON. YOU ARE ON THE RIGHT TRACK OR I WOULD HAVE MENTIONED SOMETHING. STAY GREEDY FOR EVERY SPELL. I APPROVE.)

For the rest of that morning, Joseph worked on textbooks. For the mages, there was a copy of every rune and modified rune he understood by this point, and the spell order to learn the rest. He had learned from either the system interface, or the runes themselves.

That was before lunch. After lunch he had Becky, and the rest of the future doctors, in the tent taking notes as fast as he could talk while he was drawing the diagrams to go with what he was teaching.

Joseph had to start with basic biology and move on to human anatomy. He stopped to stress frequently, that magical beings had more things going on that wasn't covered in just this, but he hadn't had a chance to fully understand even elven anatomy.